I'm starting to go nuts here. I've set the taskbar to auto-hide using the inherent xp api. Hides just fine but any new window opens leaving room for the taskbar anyway. I can fix it by undoing and re-doing auto-hide but that's really annoying. At first I thought it was a problem with the beta OB (I'm still a bit suspicious) but the problem persists even after uninstalling OB.
I've tried leaving the api as not hidden and using OD or OB (even both) to hide the Windows taskbar. The problem persists. Currently I have the XP bar showing all the time and I hate it. Can anyone suggest a fix?